Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (October 23rd 2008) clues of The Guardian Cryptic crossword.

Below is the list of all of today's clues (a total of 30 clues). Just click on a clue to get the answer.

Guest band performed in parliament (9)

Spice removed by Cromwell (4)

Drainage soft on the ear (8)

Heroine that's about to be flogged (6)

Benches surround fashionable meeting places (6)

Snake concealed by boy at work (8)

Roundhead caught one with narcotic (6)

King turned to caper when drying up (8)

There's another biblical character (6)

Came up with a diet designed to get you skinny (9)

Lydia getting archbishop to turn is hard (8)

Hook starts the way he'd go on (8)

Newcomer makes engine turn ... (7)

English brats could feed on it (6)

Where people ride in Middle England (7)

It's in the wind blowing alien corn back to front (6)

... and get hot with lean fuel mixture (7)

Where sister's said to be after lunch? (8)

Plant found in the best gardens (4)

Rose has time to stay (7)

Party by a river where 1 are found (9)

Flirtation of one and all at church (9)

Spaghetti tree hoax was no laughing matter (4,1,4)

They are soundly in 7 (5)

Ragged lady, say, a noted cook (7)

James takes one on the beach (5)

North or south turns to take east and run off together (5)

Sound asleep (5)

The chef becomes a writer (7)

Foresight might suggest avoiding a dental examination (4,5)

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